This action brief explores how living wages can tackle working poverty, strengthen business resilience, and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Drawing on peer-reviewed research and interviews with 31 experts from business, academia, NGOs, and international organisations, it examines the discourses that shape progress on living wages. The brief highlights actions companies can take to frame living wages as investments in well-being and productivity, harness collective agency across value chains, and advocate for supportive regulation. A practical resource for business leaders, policymakers, and civil society actors seeking to accelerate the adoption of living wages through evidence, collaboration, and systemic change. With the Business Fights Poverty Institute and the University of Cambridge.
